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While the West is obsessed with gold, Chinese seem to have always been preoccupied with silver.
“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”
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“He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how.”
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“And this our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything. I would not change it.”
― As You Like It
― As You Like It
“Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.”
― I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon
― I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon
“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”
― Lady Windermere's Fan
― Lady Windermere's Fan
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